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ID S1294
Bill
Status
Passed
3/14/2018
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
- Maintains cigarette tax at 57 cents per package of twenty cigarettes, with $3,315,000 annually directed to public school income fund for school safety improvements and substance abuse prevention programs beginning July 1, 2014
- Directs $3,315,000 annually from cigarette tax collections to the department of juvenile corrections for county juvenile probation services, distributed quarterly based on county population percentages
- Allocates 50% of tobacco products tax (5% of wholesale sales price) to public school income fund for school safety and substance abuse prevention, less $200,000 annually to Idaho state police for toxicology lab capacity and $80,000 to commission on Hispanic affairs for substance abuse prevention
- Allocates remaining 50% of tobacco products tax to department of juvenile corrections for quarterly distribution to counties for juvenile probation services based on population percentage
- Allows Idaho state police to use excess toxicology lab funds for adult drug testing provided juvenile drug testing timelines are not adversely impacted
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the cigarette tax and the tobacco tax.
TAXATION
Last Action
Session Law Chapter 94 Effective: 07/01/2018
3/14/2018
Committee Referrals
Education2/22/2018
Education2/12/2018
Judiciary and Rules2/9/2018
Full Bill Text
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